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DID & Me: Alters Having Alters of Their Own


DID & Me: How Alters Can Have Alters of Their Own Alternate personalities apparently can have alternate personalities of their own – ones ‘they’ invented along the way, and which therefore are a part of them.  A part of a … Continue reading

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Who Are “WE”?


About a week ago (it seems), a blogger asked a very important question which has for a long time bothered me:  “How many are there in you?”.  (Thanks, Hobs! – evil grimace, friendly grin, et cetra ad infinitum.)  And if … Continue reading

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When the Father Becomes the Son


If you don’t know me by now, welcome to the world of DID where everything is in reverse some of the time, like Alice looking into the Looking Glass Mirror.  Where age doesn’t mean a thing, size and gender don’t … Continue reading

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The Bunkers


My mind has been going back to the bunkers a lot here the past few days.  I guess you could say they were the bunkers us kids played in; I was a child, less than 13 or so – about … Continue reading

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DID Detectives: Tricks of the Mind


It was while we were in Puerto Rico this last summer that we became aware that there was ‘someone’ playing mind tricks on us – and it wasn’t just from ‘outside’.  It was an insider one as well.  And we … Continue reading

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DID, Stories, and Symbols


We are a very symbolic being apparently.  We’ve come to realize it’s one of our ‘tricks’ – a ‘trick of the mind’ kind of thing.  And once again it’s become very apparent.  So apparent that even the wife’s picked up … Continue reading

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Developing DID


They say you aren’t born ‘DID’, or with a dissociative identity diagnosis.  And, I reckon, neither were we.  ‘We’ were made that way.  For the purposes of this discussion, the how’s and wherefore’s are unimportant.  The fact is, we were … Continue reading

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No More Hugs


No More Hugs (Written for Tokoni 07/31/2009) When I was seven years old I did something for reasons I can only guess at, and about which I harbor certain regrets – but in some ways don’t regret at all. It … Continue reading

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What Drives Human Motivations?


This subject is one we have examined in depth for the last 37 years; if not longer. The answer is simple: The drive to be happy drives all human action. Reasons: You can’t be happy if you are not surviving.  … Continue reading

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The Costs of Child Abuse


What are the real costs of child abuse?  Let’s put aside the following: 1) Medical expenses for abused children 2) Legal expenses to pursue, arrest, and incarcerate child abusers 3) Therapy for their victims 4) Therapy for themselves 5) The … Continue reading

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